152 A NATURALIST IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION 



the under parts, white. There is a black bar on each side 

 of the breast, the two sometimes uniting to form a band across 



the breast. 



The killdee and 

 semipalmated plovers 

 are also found on the 

 beach, though more 

 characteristic of pas- 

 tures and marshy 

 uplands respectively. 

 The former is about 

 the size of a robin. 

 It has two black bands 

 crossing its front. It 

 repeatedly whistles 

 "killdee" when dis- 

 turbed. The latter is 

 smaller (6f inches) and 

 FIG. 146. Termites or white ants, Termesflavipcs: has only One black 

 a, Female; b, Male; c, Worker; d, Soldier. FromSz^. band across its front. 



Bureau of Entomology, U.S. Dept. of Agricult 



S p otte( J sand- 



piper is also common, though more characteristic of the shores 

 of streams and smaller inland lakes. It is 7^ inches long, 

 streaked, barred, and spotted all over, the 

 under parts strongly spotted with black 

 on a white ground. It bows and teeters 

 as it comes to a stand. 



Under the driftwood of the storm beach 

 one will find hiding by day the common 

 toad, many predatory beetles, an occa- 

 sional mole or mouse, all-night prowlers 

 that come out in the dusk to feed. Here 

 too one finds the white ants or termites 

 (Fig. 146). The sand-colored spider, Trochosa cinerea (Fig. 147), 

 hunts over this territory to good purpose by day. 



FIG. 147. The sand- 

 colored spider, Trochosa 

 cinere a. 



